Peters



(No Model.)

R. R. PERRY.

SNARE DRUM.

No. 324,881. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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ROWLAND R. PERRY, OF PEACE DALE, RHODE ISLAND.

SNARE-DRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,881, dated August25, 1885.

(No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, ROWLAND R. PERRY, of Peace Dale, Washington county,Rhode Island, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements inSetting Drum-Snares, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, making part of thesame.

The object of this my invention is to provide improved means forstraining drumsnares over the heads of drums, so as to add to thesonorous qualities of the drum and increase the durability of thesnares.

Heretot'ore the snares, after passing across the drum-head, have beenturned down at right angles over the edges of the shell and cramped in acrevice between the shell and the hoop.

By my improvement the snares extend at both ends straight through thehoop, and are strained by a screw having its axis parallel with theplane of the drum-head. This arrangement constitutes one feature of myinvention.

Another feature is a perforated plate fixed in the hoop opposite to thescrew to hold that end of the snares in proper position.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of a drum-head provided with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line m,

'Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the clamp andstraining-screw. Fig. 4 is an elevation; and Fig. 5, a section of theplate and hoop opposite the screw on line y, Fig. 4..

A is the shell of the drum; B, the head thereof; 0, thehoop, and D thesnares, doubled as usual, and stretched across in close contact with thehead.

E is a metal plate, perforated as shown in Fig. 4, and covering a recessformed through the hoop C, as in Fig. 5, to hold the snares wheredoubled and passed through such recess. The strain upon the snares holdsthe plate E snugly against the outer face of the hoop, and the plate maybe further secured by screws. I prefer to form lips e on this plate,extending in through the hoop and inclosing the snares, causing them tolie in one uniform place. Opposite to the plate E the snares again passthrough a slot in the hoop O, and are seized by the clamp jaws J,carried by the straining-screw F, which works in a nut, Gr, fixed to thehoop, (see Fig. 2;) or the jaw may be threaded and a plain socket setinto the hoop to secure the cylindrical tip of the screw. Instead {of afixed head to this screw a ringhead may be pivoted to its shank to turndown out of the way after setting the snares.

I t will be seen that the snares extend straight through the hoop atopposite sides and are not bent over the edge of the shell at all. Thestrain of the screw is applied direct, and the tendency to break thesnares at the edge of the shell is obviated.

Having thus described my improved snareset, I claim- 1. In a snare-drum,the combination of the snares, rigidly secured to the hoop at one sideof the drum, with a clamping and stretching device at the opposite sideof the drum, the faces of the clamp-jaws and the stretchingscrew ]yingparallel with the snares, as set forth.

2. In a snare drum, the combination of the hoop O, perforated plate E,clamp J, adjustin g-screw F, and snare D, the adjusting-screw and clampfaces lying in a line parallel to the snares, as and for the purpose setforth.

iR-O\VLAND R. PERRY.

Vitnesscs J. (3-. PERRY, H. B. PERRY.

